Improvement in toy pistols



T.. CASE.

Toy-Pistol.

No. 161 326l Patented Marchso,1a75.

Q fyi 2 THE GRAPHIC:C0.PHOT0,LITH.39 &.41 PARK PLAUEN-Y- TRUMAN CASE, OFNEW HAVEN, ASSIGNOB TO JAMES D. FBABY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOY PISTOLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 61,326, dated March 30,1875; application tiled March 26, 1874.

To all whom it may conce/rn:

Be it known that I, TRUMAN CASE, of New Haven, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in ToyPistols; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference markedthereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, andwhich said drawings constitute part of this specication, and represent,in-

Figure l, a side View; and in Fig. 2, a longitudinal section.

This invention relates to the construction of a toy pistol t-o use whatare known as parlor-matches for ammunition, the splint being inipelledfrom the pistol by the explosion of the detonating material at the end 5and the invention consists, rst, in impelling the stock or splint of amatch by subjecting the detonatin g material on one end of the saidsplint to pressure or concussion in an arm, the barrel of which isadapted to hold the splint while subjected to said pressure orconcussion, and guide the splint as it is impelled from the barrel;second, in a pistol for discharging detonating matches or splints,provided with a hammer and trigger in one piece, so as to press upon andcrush the detonatin g material 5 third, in combining the barrel andstock, constructed in one piece, with a hammer and trigger, also in onepiece.

A is the stock, and B the barrel, constructed in one piece, with arecess, a, in the frame at the rear of the barrel, in which the triggerC is hung on a pivot, d. At the rear end ot' the barrel the bore isslightly enlarged, as at b, or otherwise formed, so that a matchinserted into the barrel the detonating material may nd abearing-surface. Above the pivot d the trigger extends to form thehammer D, which is in such relative position to that part or point ofthe barrel where the detonating material rests that by pulling thetrigger the detonating material will be crushed between the hammer andthe corresponding bearingsurface.

The match is introduced from the rear, the hammer thrown back for thepurpose, and when the detonating material is crushed it causes a loudreport, and iinpels the splint from the barrel, and is guided thereby.

In order to cover and prevent any possible escape of sparks at thebreech from the explosion, I hinge a cap, E,to the breech, as seen inthe drawings, which closely covers the hammer; but it may be raisedtherefrom, as seen in Fig. 2.

Pellets, instead of matches, may be used, if desired, they being placedbetween the hammer and the bearing-surface in the barrel.

I claim as my inventionl. The method herein described ot' dischargingsuitably-prepared match-splints or arrows from toy pistols or guns byexploding the detonating material, substantially as described, within abarrel adapted to hold the splint until the explosion, and tosubstantially guide it thereafter.

2. A toy pistol for exploding detonating Inaterial, provided with ahammer and trigger in one piece, and operated by a simple lever-pressure to crush said detonating material, substantially as specified.

3. The combination of the barrel and stock, constructed in one piece,with a hammer and trigger, also constructed in one piece, substantiallyas described. l

4. In combination with the stock A, barrel B, trigger C, and hammer D,the cap E, substantially as and` for the purpose specied.

TRUMAN CASE. Witnesses:

A. J'. TIBBI'rs, J. H. SHUMWAY.

